Posted by banga on January 19, 2005, at 13:13:10
In reply to Re: HELP Onset of klonopin? » banga, posted by ed_uk on January 19, 2005, at 11:09:43
Thanks. I just called my pdoc and left a message--what I had hoped would be a calm message from me saying that it is not helping my total panicky anxiety, turned out to be me crying into the phone, and barely able to collect myself enough to describe what is going on. I can now add to my list "extreme tearfulness" as a significant symptom.
I don't know if my past alcohol dependence set up a certain tolerance to benzos of what. If a higher dose of Klonopin isn't the answer, I am back to Geodon.I had this odd idea that perhaps, after taking it 20mg a few days in a row, I could then take it every other day--perhaps that would get the edge off anxiety, but it wouldn't build up in my system to levels where akasthisia sets in--which, in my theory, is the cause of the initial antianxiety effects wearing off. When akathisia sets in, its agitating quality overrides any anxiolytic effects it had earlier.
I just started a mood chart, and I can see the influence of Geodon on my well-being is dramatic.What do you think?
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